Measurements with persons : theory, methods, and implementation areas / edited by Birgitta Berglund ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berglund, Birgitta, 1954-

Series:

Scientific psychology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perception--Mathematical models.

Perception.

Senses and sensation--Mathematical models.

Senses and sensation.

Human information processing--Mathematical models.

Human information processing.

Physical Description:

xiii, 408 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Psychology Press, [2012]

Summary:

"Measurements with persons are those in which human perception and interpretation are used for measuring complex, holistic quantities and qualities. Providing reproducible measurement of parameters for things such as pleasure and pain has important implications in evaluating products, services, and conditions. Progress in this area requires the interlinking of related developments across a variety of disciplines, embracing the physical, biological, psychological, and social sciences. Physicists and psychologists have disagreed strongly on the meaning of measurement and the possibility of "measuring" sensory events. This led to parallel developments in measurement science within the two separate camps. Both went on to generate remarkable results, but the lack of communication between them prevented coherent and interactive progress. This book's aim is to cover the topic of measurement with persons by multi- and interdisciplinary approaches, integrating the complementary aspects of general theory, measurement methods, instrumentation and modeling with the fields of psychophysics and general psychology, measurement theory, metrology and instrumentation, neurophysiology, engineering, biology, and chemistry. In the first part, generic theoretical and methodological issues are treated, including the conceptual basis of measurement in the various fields involved, the development of formal, representational and probabilistic, theories, the approach to experimentation and the theories, models and methods for multifaceted problems. In the second part, several implementation areas are presented, including sound, visual and skin perception, functional brain imagining, body language and emotions, and, finally, the use of measurements in decision making"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Measurement across physical and behavioral sciences / Birgitta Berglund Berglund, Birgitta, Giovanni Battista Rossi Rossi, Giovanni Battista, Andrew Wallard Wallard, Andrew 1

2 Measurement in psychology / Birgitta Berglund Berglund, Birgitta 27

3 Measurements of physical parameters in sensory science / Teresa Goodman Goodman, Teresa 51

4 Meaningful and meaningless statements in epidemiology and public health / Fred S. Roberts Roberts, Fred S. 75

5 Toward a probabilistic theory of measurement / Giovanni Battista Rossi Rossi, Giovanni Battista 97

6 Multivariate measurements / Gerie W. A. M. van der Heijden Heijden, Gerie W. A. M. van der, Ragne Emardson Emardson, Ragne 125

7 The prospects for measurement in infinite-dimensional psychological spaces: Modern notions for geometric person measurement in finite and infinite dimensional spaces / James T. Townsend Townsend, James T., Devin Burns Burns, Devin, Lei Pei Pei, Lei 143

8 Psychophysical linguistics / Stephen Link Link, Stephen 175

9 Mathematical foundations of Universal Fechnerian Scaling / Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov Dzhafarov, Ehtibar N. 185

10 Neural networks and fuzzy systems / Christian Eitzinger Eitzinger, Christian, Wolfgang Heidl Heidl, Wolfgang 211

11 Psychological measurement for sound description and evaluation / Patrick Susini Susini, Patrick, Guillaume Lemaitre Lemaitre, Guillaume, Stephen McAdams McAdams, Stephen 227

12 Nociception and pain in thermal skin sensitivity / Dieter Kleinbohl Kleinbohl, Dieter, Rupert Hölzl Hölzl, Rupert, Jörg Trojan Trojan, Jörg 255

13 Measurement-related issues in the investigation of active vision / Boris M. Velichkovsky Velichkovsky, Boris M., Frans Cornelissen Cornelissen, Frans, Jan-Mark Geusebroek Geusebroek, Jan-Mark, Sven-Thomas Graupner Graupner, Sven-Thomas, Riitta Hari Hari, Riitta, Jan Bernard Marsman Marsman, Jan Bernard, Sergey A. Shevchik Shevchik, Sergey A., Sebastian Pannasch Pannasch, Sebastian 281

14 Electrical and functional brain imaging / Pasquale Anthony Delia Rosa Rosa, Pasquale Anthony Delia, Daniela Perani Perani, Daniela 301

15 Body language: Embodied perception of emotion / Charlotte B. A. Sinke Sinke, Charlotte B. A., Mariska E. Kret Kret, Mariska E., Beatrice de Gelder Gelder, Beatrice de 335

16 Risk assessment and decision making / Leslie R. Pendrill Pendrill, Leslie R. 353.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781848729391

1848729391

OCLC:

668197047